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HEALTH CARE DISCIPLINE [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Genetics
CONT

Genomic medicine is an emerging medical discipline that involves using genomic information about an individual as part of their clinical care(e. g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making) and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Génétique
DEF

Domaine de la médecine qui utilise les informations issues du séquençage du génome d'une personne, d'une tumeur ou d'un agent pathogène pour préciser un diagnostic, adapter un traitement ou mettre en œuvre des démarches de prévention.

OBS

médecine génomique : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 16 décembre 2020.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A scientific discipline that seeks to apply the principles and rules of economics in the health care field.

OBS

Health economics includes evaluation of the health system and of health policies from an economic perspective, of the demand for and supply of health care, and of medical technologies and interventions; it also includes health system resources planning and organization, consideration and evaluation of the determinants of health, and analysis of health system performance in terms of equity and allocative efficiency.

OBS

health economics: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • healthcare economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Discipline scientifique ayant pour objet l’application des principes et des règles de l'économie dans le domaine des soins de santé.

OBS

L'économie de la santé comprend l'évaluation du système de santé et des politiques en matière de santé dans une perspective économique, de l'offre et de la demande en soins de santé, de technologies et d'interventions médicales, la planification des ressources et de leur organisation dans le système de santé, la prise en compte des déterminants de la santé et leur évaluation, ainsi que l'analyse de la performance des systèmes de santé sur le plan de l'équité et de l'allocation optimale des ressources.

OBS

économie de la santé : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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Record 3 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

any person who offers help to sick people, whether trained in any branch or discipline of health care or lacking any training whatsoever.

OBS

This definition includes all practitioners of alternative or complementary medicine as well as conventional doctors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Personne qui fait profession de guérir sans avoir la qualité officielle de médecin et par des moyens non reconnus de la médecine.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Health Law
CONT

Medical deontology is defined as the discipline for the study of norms of conduct for the health care professions, including moral and legal norms as well as those pertaining more strictly to professional performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Sociologie de la médecine
  • Droit de la santé
DEF

Ensemble des devoirs qui incombent au médecin dans l'exercice de sa profession.

OBS

À ne pas confondre avec éthique médicale.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
Key term(s)
  • health care discipline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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